Preserving the Past for Future Generations

Welcome to the Jackson Blacksmith Shop!

This is the official web page of the historic Jackson Blacksmith Shop located in Goochland County, Virginia. This blacksmith shop is still in working order and houses the original tools used by three generations of blacksmiths who started practicing the trade well before the Civil War. The Shop is maintained and this blacksmithing tradition is continued by the family and friends of the same Jackson smiths who worked in the field for well over 100 years.

This site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Exhibition Building was constructed to house various exhibits, artifacts, and other items.

Latest News and Updates

2024 Jackson Blacksmith Annual Event

Saturday, June 8th, Noon to 4 pm

  • Shop Tours

  • Blacksmithing Demonstrations

  • Horses

  • Vocalist Donald Coles on guitar, banjo and harmonica

  • Zumba led by Kerry Crowley

  • Bobby Joe Small sings, plays guitar, banjo and harmonica

  • Caricature sketches by Curtis Brown

  • Art Displays by Soleil Cleaton and Curtis Brown

  • Goochland VA 250th Commission

  • NAACP

  • On Display: Vintage Photo Exhibit, Baseball of Years Past, Photos of Central High and Beaverdam students from the 1940s and 50s.

  • Games, Food, Fun & More!

Hitching Post Newsletter 2019 - 2021

In this issue:

  • 2022 Annual Event Plans

  • JBS Baseball Project

  • Somethin Different Live

  • Tribute to JBS founder Henry Jackson

  • And More!

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Hitching Post Newsletter 2018

In this issue:

  • 2019 Annual Event Plans

  • “I Am 400” Africans in America 1619 - 2019

  • Featured Singer:

    Aniah Mikey

  • In Memoriam:

    Edith Jackson

  • Art Collection Donated By Betty Ford

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